In Reply to: Lombok Advice posted by AnniSwan on Sunday, 13. February 2005 at 20:08 Bali Time:
longer, at least overnight. I visited Lombok in 2002 on a day trip (flew Air Merpati), and hired a driver(thanks BTF) to pick me up at the airport and take me south to Kuta Beach and all interesting points in between.
It is a much slower paced island than Bali, and I loved the quaint ponycarts, village markets and scenery. I never had time to venture north or towards the mountains, so my advice would be to stay for at least a few days.